#/and I also think he has a lot to talk about with Sota

[helenapsent]

Um I also wanted to say that this moment is so saturated with "bad bitch" vibes and I was just waiting for the BDSM-party to start here-

BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT MORE FUN AND THAT TWIST KILLED ME COMPLETELY

LIKE DO YOU FEEL THE GAY AURA COMING FROM HIM, TOO, OR AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS SO FUCKING NUTS????

[officialinuyasha]

Yashahime - Takashi Shiina Blog Translation - Sunday S February 2022 [Part 2]

12/27/2021

The first step in the princesses' journey is the village of the exterminators. The spotlight is on the grown up Kohaku-kun, and we look back at the story of “Inuyasha” from his point of view.

This comicalization starts with an entrance like "me and the reader visit the world of 'Inuyasha' with Towa-chan", and reconstructs the anime as "a story that explains the character of Sesshomaru from the perspective of a new set of characters". Therefore, “the testimonies from different perspectives of those who were there in ‘Inuyasha’” are an explanation that serves as a prequel and, at the same time, a guidepost. The past that boss Kohaku has been burdened with is also fully disclosed in the manga, deepening the interest in the complex shades of the father Lord Sesshomaru.

I interpreted Kohaku-kun as “another Sota-kun who lives in a harsh world”, so in the comic version Sota papa is an over-fond father and boss Kohaku also pampers the three princesses (laugh). I wanted to depict him as a grown up praying in front of the graves of his father and companions, whom he killed while he was manipulated by Naraku, and the fact that he hasn’t completely escaped from his past, but that would make the story darker so I modified it.

In the original Inuyasha version, Kirara-chan is a child who doesn't have speech balloons or anything like that, but in the anime version she is quite vocal, and it feels like she talks a lot when she is imported back into the manga. After wondering what to do (about this) in the comicalization, I interpreted it as “from the human Kagome’s point of view, she’s silent, but from the perspective of the princesses Kirara is relatively talkative”. While I was at it, I tried to make her more cat-like, but it turned out that if I made her too much like a cat, she would become a different person (or beast?), like "she's long when you pick her up" or “she presses your face with her paw pads and sticks to you if you are too sticky". For the time being, I drew it like this (laugh). 

I couldn't have a very large group of people riding on Kirara-chan, so a horse was provided for the boss (1) for the later development. When I drew it, I was able to capture the dignity and authority of him as an adult, so I think it was the right choice. By the way, this is just my personal, unofficial backstory, but I think the name of his beloved horse might have been “Kagura”. 

Kagura’s final scene is one of the most outstanding, famous scenes of the series, so I really wanted to pick it up, but the dilemma was that if I went too far into it, the balance of the story would swing too much in that direction because it is so impressive. Therefore, after consulting with Takahashi sensei, I decided to limit it to a small cut from the perspective of Kohaku-kun, who had rushed (to her side) and was watching her. In other words, I really wanted to show how she lived her short life to the fullest, even if it was just a glimpse. Her way of life overlaps with characters who appear later.

The centerpiece of the new chapter is the participation of older brother Kouga, who only appears in the anime original work (2). If the anime word line is extended, Ayame-chan should also be there, but due to page reasons she couldn’t appear. It may be that she is in charge of protecting the pack and house-sitting. 

As I wrote before, Master Yawaragi has been rejuvenated while slightly changing her standing position. This time she has no (spoken) lines, but in the next chapter she will be speaking in the Kansai dialect, so please look forward to it (laugh).

The first volume of the manga, which contains chapters up to last month, will be released around the 18th of January (3). The first print run has been reduced to a small number, so it will probably run out of stock… That’s what I hope… No, running out of stock means that there will be people who want it but can't get it so it’s not something good. It would be nice to say to Shogakukan “Hey!! You should have printed some more!! Hurry up with the second edition!!” with a smug look on my face. Well, there is also a digital edition, so in case you can’t buy in a shop please consider that option in addition to pre ordering and ordering it. Buy it.

Source: https://cnanews.asablo.jp/blog/2021/12/27/9451212

Notes

1- Kohaku. 

2- He refers to the original anime and The Final Act.

3- January 2022.

[banqanas]

20240308 Design Your Fantastic Future (DYFF) translations - Nakajima Sota's current concern

Sota: Good evening, everyone! This is DJ Nakajima Sota from FANTASTICS! Today I am delivering to you from recorded broadcasting. Thank you for listening.

Sota: It's already March! And talking about the new month, I’ve been worried about something lately....

Sota: …I've been forgetting a lot of things these days. I’m actually surprised myself!

Sota: Sometime ago, we were travelling by plane and I left my phone in my seat. And it was Taiki-kun who brought it for me. I was so relieved that he picked it up! There’s also a time where I forgot my glasses in our car…

Sota: With the new month, I think I should take the time to pull myself together so I can push through till the end of the year.

Sota: And another thing… Most of our members would have a lot of similar branded items. Among them, Kimura Keito especially have a lot of the same stuffs as I do. We’re the same age and our birthdays are only two days apart.

Sota: Whenever we have concert tours, we’d bring a lot of luggage around. We also have FANTASTICS’ own clothing brand called [buddix] and I’m really fond of its tote bag. All of us received items from the brand. The bag is really big, you can fit a lot of stuff in it. Additionally, the material is also really sturdy! It’s a really good bag so I always bring it with me during tours. I tend to choose the blue coloured items meanwhile that guy would choose the green ones. So we can basically tell the difference on the surface.

Sota: But there’s also sandals! Our senpai, NAOTO from EXILE also has his own brand called [Seven] and one of the items is really thick soled sandals. I have a pair and they’re the most comfortable sandals ever. See the thing is, Keito also have the exact same white sandals. We often change outfits in the waiting room so we would line up all the footwear together.

Sota: But you see, that guy would always wear my sandals!

Sota: Mine are clean while his are a bit dirty. And then he’d put away his dirty ones and wear mine instead! Next time I will confirm this with the person in question and catch him red handed!

Sota: He knows that we have a lot of same stuffs, so I really wish that he starts checking things properly before using them from now on.

[tsarinajissa]

Hiiii! I’m Zanna, I lost this account a few years ago and just recently got it back and am starting to use tumblr more. Most of the people I follow are inactive accounts from 10+ years ago but you’re still going strong and live-blogging and i just want to 1. say thanks bc your posts remind me of the tumblr i love and remember lol and 2. ask if we can be friends and talk about ice skating and stuff.

I started trying to follow real world skating after watching Yuri on Ice (of course lol) and I always watch it during the olympics but i’d like to watch all the other events too and have someone to discuss with <3

You're back! Welcome back!

I'd love to be tumblr skating and fandom buddies-- I'm probably going to be even more on my bullshit than usual because this year my wife (that happened while you were off I think. But the woman I used to call my bestie is now my wife ;) and I will be GOING TO WORLDS.

This is a perfect time to start blathering at each other about it, because the grand prix season just started! If you have peacock from the Olympics they stream all the grand prix as well (no challenger though. Boo), but you have to poke around in the live and upcoming sports area for it. Or, if you were to have non-US internet the isu has streams on youtube (the non-US internet part is required there, because geoblocking).

Every weekend for the next few weeks is one of the grand prix--next up: Skate Canada. I'm super excited for it because it's Jason Brown's first grand prix in a while (he went into semi-retirement after his amazing Sinnerman at the Olympics, where he did ice shows around the world and then only showed up for nats and worlds. As a country we decided he deserved that for doing Sinnerman. But he's planning on 2026 Olympics so he's gotten serious again this year and it looks super good. Much better form already in September than he had at Worlds 2024, when he usual peaks later in the season).

Also coming to Skate Canada are:

Cha Junhwan. You may remember him as Korea's Male singles skater in the Olympics/ the skater with the best ina bauer of all time. He had a tough time last season recovering from injury and switching coaches (to the same woman who coaches all the junior Korean women and seems to wish she were Eteri or Hamada. V worried there). I'm really hoping he has a better time this season and was given proper time/support to recover

Kaori Sakamoto! I saw her new programs at a challenger and think they could be a lot of fun, plus. She's Kaori <333. A double axel that covers one side of the rink, deep edges, gorgeous lines, and a commitment to choreo that can't be beat (literally since the Olympics at grand prix and higher. 3 time world champ!!)

Ekaterina Kurakova is so much fun and will definitely win for best costume change on ice! Also, she had trouble last season and I'm wishing her the best

Speaking of wishing the best: Alyssa Liu. Alyssa has been off since the Olympics to focus on her mental health and this is her second competition since March 2022. She looked wonderful at the challenger event she did earlier this season and I'm really hoping she continues to perform well and feels in a good place. She was forced by US Fed into the position of 'America's Leading Lady' far too young and I'm so glad she took time off for her mental health. I hope it'll be a blueprint for a more sustainable way forward.

Ilia Malinin. You've missed the rise of the Quad God if you haven't watched since the Olympics. He's not one of my faves, but I can't not mention the reigning world champ will be there. He's improved a TON in the past two years, finally gotten choreo he appreciates, and his jumps are still. Gorgeous. The quad axel takes my breath away every time. And, iirc, one of his current programs has him do a quad jump into a spread eagle. His transitions!!

Shun Sato, Sota Yamamoto, Kim Yelim and Gabrielle Frangipani are all others singles skaters I'm excited for. Frangipani is a relatively new Italian senior man who had some great speed and power when I saw him last year & Yamamoto + Sato can both be brilliant when they're on. Kim Yelim is just. I've loved her since the Olympics

Hopefully this wasn't too much blather. I'm just. In full figure skating mode and enjoy every chance I get to talk too much about it!

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Sigh... fantastic Yuma at France... (did you like Werther at the gala btw?)... Shoma this next event... NHK is gonna be good (and also stressful for me, I want them both in the final)

Yuma's skating is brilliant. Smooth like butter. The jump landings, you really can't do them any better. He also improved a lot in the performance area. If that's Carolina Kostner's influence I can't wait to see more of it 😍😍😍 As he's not back to his full content I knew it was going to be hard for Yuma to claim more than Bronze here if Ilia and Adam skate the way they showed already during the season. Both Ilia and Adam were very good and I think the result is fine even though I think Yuma should have had way higher PCS than both of them but let's not talk judging...it's a mess.

I unfortunately wasn't at the gala to see Yuma's Werther 😭 (I went back to Paris early bc all trains after the gala were fully booked and also very late and I still have a long 9 hour travel from Paris home so I decided to skip the gala but now I do regret not seeing Yuma's gala 😭)

NHK will be super stressful. Looking forward to it, but also it will be heartbreak. NHK will be a problem for Yuma for the GPF. JSF fckd up when they put Yuma and Shoma - their two best skaters - in the same comp. Either they did not trust Yuma's recovery or they were just plain dumb. Anyway it can't be helped. The problem is that Yuma actually has to win to definetly make the GPF. If Yuma is 2nd which is likely as Yuma's not yet at full technial capacity and Shoma has the stronger content, Yuma will have a problem to qualify. 🥲 There are only 6 places. 😭 For the GPF: Ilia already qualified, Adam and Shoma are likely to qualify, Sota did win a GP so actually he just has to place 4th at CoC to get in and that's definitely possible, then Kao, Kevin, Shun and Matteo all have the chance to qualify at GP Espoo. Not all of them will get in but Jun and someone else without a medal will have to win for Yuma to place above them at least one of them. There are still scenarios how Yuma can qualify but it's not easy and not complety dependant on himself alone unless he wins NHK...

Shoma at Cup of China next is the first thing to be excited about. He will face Adam and though reproducing what Adam just did is difficult Shoma does have a tough competitor there. As Shoma's abilties are not to be underestimated (as some unfortunately doubt) Shoma will probably be heated up by the performances of GP France. I think Adam will qualify there for the GPF. I strongly believe Shoma will be first, but even if not it's hardly something to worry about. Shoma did win everything and we should be thankful he still wants to compete. (Shoma would place 2nd at worst bc Sota and Kazuki and the others aren't a threat to Shoma) I have the problem that I also want Kazuki to win too bc I'd love to see him in the GPF but chances are sadly almost 0. 😭

[audio-luddite]

Skepticism in high end audio.

Be fair you really need it.

Years ago when The Absolute Sound magazine was run by Harry Pearson they had many really questionable recommendations. I learned a lot about audio and experienced many of the devices they liked first hand. Occasionally one could not help but screw up your face and think WTF?

The most egregious example was a product that was basically small adhesive dots similar to those felt feet you put on ceramic objet d'art to not scratch your shelves. A very serious sounding reviewer expounded at length on how well they worked. I am sure it was a placebo effect on the person, or he was lying, or he was joking. TAS was never known to to have a sense of humor. Imagine tiny pinky fingernail sized dots stuck on the side of an 80 lb speaker improving resolve and detail. Pure snake oil from the finest snakes.

One of the war stories in PS Audio's online Copper Magazine is of a one time salesman in a high end store asking a manufacturer what was it about his very very expensive new wires which made them the best. The answer was they are the most expensive. (and the store made huge mark ups on it) No mention of skin effect or quantum crystals.

So my recommendation when there is a glowing review is to simply not believe it. I have come to think if someone really likes a device that is just one thing on the score card. What do other people think? Does that company have a track record and is it a good one?

Another crucial thing is to remember these are all systems. The things connected make a huge difference. Sometimes it is a complementary voice. Sometimes it is an electrical compatibility good or bad.

It is fairly easy to distinguish good from not. Think of Harman Kardon. From the late 50s to about the 80s they had a deserved good reputation both for quality and value. The tubed Citation line was so good you can buy new built copies today. Real units from HK that survived the landfill command big bucks. The solid state Citation 11 preamp and the 12 amplifier were SOTA for a brief time in the 60s to 70s. (Stereophile Magazine) Even today they are good if maintained. I have a 12 and I know it is good. More modern units of similar power (Carver m-200t) just sound poorly in comparison. Fets and switching power supplies are not the key to nirvana.

A lot of small innovative companies have simply gone away. Others just plod along doing what they always did. McIintosh comes to mind. Solid reliable like a diesel engine.

My trust in Audio Research is solid mostly because they are one of the big boys and have been around for a long time. I also have an ARC SP 14 and can vouch for what I hear.

Yet products must come to market and sell and the golden ears need to help. That is their bread and butter.

So I started on this line after a video from that Audiophiliac guy. He interviewed a friend who has come to a place of comfort with his stuff. Enjoy the the talk.

Steve G is on the new equipment treadmill, but I think he is fairly honest but not immune to influence. He rates stuff and gets on to the next stuff. But neither he nor his friend have settled on their "final system" playing is fun, but not serious if you have the money.

[regallibellbright]

Under the cut, the edited version of my Round 1 essay that's in the round 2 spreadsheet! Not many differences but instead of Sota and Nao I brought up Prince because it's quicker to talk about his inner angst than the tremendous effect Sota and Nao have on Neku.

So we KNOW Joshua’s sketchy as hell from the word go, is the thing. We look at this smug, abrasive, overly-familiar, deeply punchable kid who knows WAY TOO MUCH and has too many things that don’t add up about him, and we think “He’s gonna hurt us later.” He’s introduced forcing a team up with Neku before we even learn his name. He says he’s somehow been watching Neku – something a sharp-eyed player can catch, because he’s got a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance at the beginning of the game when Neku meets his first Partner, Shiki. This should be impossible, because Neku is currently dead and playing in a weeklong Game on another layer of reality for the chance to come back to life. Even weirder, Neku can read people’s minds, but only the living. Somehow, he can read Joshua’s, too, and Joshua somehow saw what sure looks like the scene of Neku’s death. Something doesn’t add up here. And we quickly learn he’s also incredibly misanthropic, thinking it’s impossible to ever truly understand people “so we should just get rid of them.”

But the thing is, Neku was ALSO abrasive, misanthropic, and deeply punchable when we met him. The first words of the game are him shouting “Outta my face. You’re blocking my view!” and declaring that he doesn’t get people, never has, never will. Even the FONT for that manages to look aggressive. We hated this kid. But a week later, he’s started to change. He’s come to care for Shiki, so much that she’s the entry fee he has to give up to enter the Game again. He managed to know just what to say when she was dealing with self-doubts so bad she was on the verge of giving up. Neku looks at Joshua, who thinks so much like Neku, and starts to realize this isn’t who he wants to be anymore. Maybe he does want to try and get to know people, a little.

And then the game lets us get to know Joshua. He’s still smug, abrasive, suspicious, overly-familiar, misanthropic, and deeply punchable. But thanks to that week’s Game Master having his own agenda, they’ve been left on their own for a while this week. With nothing further to do, even though Joshua doesn’t want to do the game missions, he decides they’re going to help some random people with their issues for the hell of it. A local ramen shop is abandoned because someone opened up a new store nearby and has an influencer shilling it? Well, why don’t they see what they can do to attract new customers by giving him some inspiration? Some jerks are blocking their way to Udagawa because their microphone is missing and they want Neku and Joshua to solve it? Joshua gets surprisingly enthusiastic about playing detective, given how annoyed he usually is when his plans get delayed. He doesn’t want to do the mission and play in what is essentially a Beyblade tournament with pins, but he seems to know a lot about the kids’ TV show about said pin game, and we’ll later find out he spent a week playing it when he had other things to do. He goes into a detailed rave over the ramen shop owner’s special.

The game’s primed us to see that everyone, from supporting characters who only appear in a few scenes to our protagonist, is deeper than our first impression. We’ve seen Neku’s growth. We’ve seen an influencer hawking mediocre ramen reveal he has actual integrity and longs for the simple food of his childhood. Shiki had a deep well of insecurity under the bubbly, friendly front she was trying to put on - her entry fee was her entire appearance, because her self-image issues were so messy. Another player, eventually Neku’s third partner Beat, seems like a skater boy with more muscles than sense even when Neku partners with him, but he’s been drowning in guilt for his sister’s death and subsequent erasure - and has been keeping that in from the start, along with his insecurities from parental expectations he could never live up to. We the players are prime to assume, then, that Joshua’s not as sketchy as we thought, maybe. And despite himself, even as he’s wondering what Joshua knows, Neku still kind of likes this smug, misanthropic asshat. So do we. We want him to be trustworthy.

The game’s mentor figure, Sanae Hanekoma, explains a little more, because he apparently knows Joshua. We learn that he’s been able to see the layer of reality where the game is played even as a living person, which could explain how he knows so many things he shouldn’t. But it could also explain why he remembers Neku’s death – Joshua has apparently decided he belongs here, not in the world of the living, and wants to become the Composer, who runs the entire purgatorial death Game. (When he talks about what things were like there, he says normal life “felt like death” and that he’s here because he wants to be. They don’t go so far as to say outright he was suicidal, but it’s obviously heavily implied even WITH the knowledge of a secret purgatorial death game, and it’s an easy read that he still is during the game itself.) He admits he picked Neku because he saw how strong he was, who’s to say he didn’t kill Neku in the first place to GET a strong Partner? Especially when Neku reads his mind again and sees how Joshua got to that point - he ran into Neku holding a gun, and then Neku hears a gun go off and Joshua’s gun is smoking. Neku eventually confronts him about the fact that Joshua seems to have killed him, after Joshua reveals he has mysteriously strong powers - which he claims are because he snuck into the game and is actually alive. Joshua’s response to this accusation?

“Aww, Neku. You said you didn’t remember! You sneaky little thing. So what if I did?… What if I am the one who killed you? You’re going to do something about it?”

Neku can’t. He can’t get a new Partner - even if he tried, by this point in the game everyone else seems to have been killed by super-powerful monsters - and without one he’s dead(er) and so is Shiki. So he struggles through the last few days thinking he’s working with his murderer, and stays icily hostile to the guy. Cue the last day of the game, where they fight the Game Master for the week and Neku suddenly gets another flash of memory. Joshua was there when he died, but so was the GM. And it looks like the GM shot first. And after they fight, he responds with a suicide attack, a massive flare that would take all three of them out. Neku thinks they’re doomed, before Joshua smiles and pushes him out of the way and takes the blast instead, apparently trying to make things right with Neku after all the suspicion.

This hits Neku HARD. Even though Joshua was annoying and abrasive, he didn’t deserve to die. And Neku regrets that his suspicions kept them from getting along, and made Joshua feel he had to sacrifice himself. Worse, because Joshua was in the Game illegally, Neku has to play a third time, with the people running the Game actively trying to screw Neku over – he only manages through a loophole. With the game increasingly messed up, and the entire city falling under some kind of creepy mind control, he and Beat decide that the only thing for it is to replace the Composer and put Beat in charge. They conclude that it was probably Mr. Hanekoma, who’s been revealed as not just a mentor figure but Neku’s idol, and who was also responsible for saving Beat back when his sister and partner got erased. We’re coping with that apparent betrayal and fight the Composer’s second-in-command, who seems increasingly agitated, when Joshua appears, talks to the guy like he knows him, and is promptly trapped by the guy in a last-ditch final boss fight before Neku or the players have time to ask what the hell is going on. But hey, we got attached to that little shit, too. We’re happy Joshua’s alive, even if we’re incredibly confused at the moment. Neku wins. And we learn everything.

The second-in-command was responsible for the brainwashing, but had a reason for it: This was his last-ditch attempt to save the city from destruction by the Composer, and the whole thing was a game between them.

Since he lost, said second-in-command will be erased from existence same as any other game loser.

The Composer wasn’t supposed to interfere directly, but to watch from the sidelines over a Player he’d chosen for this purpose. That Player was of course Neku.

And who’s the Composer? Joshua freezes Beat and the now-returned Shiki and giggles as he says it was him all along, and Neku was his pawn for this whole “destroy the city” plan. He couldn’t have won without Neku! Good job.

Oh, by the way. He never said he DIDN’T kill Neku, now did he? Here’s the rest of his memory. The Game Master was aiming for him, not Neku, and trying to take his job. But Joshua took care of that by freezing the bullets in midair and promptly shot Neku. Hee hee. (And yes, he really does GIGGLE after that revelation.)

The players are reeling. The final boss was just defeated, but the entire critical context of the plot is only revealed in a twenty minute cutscene AFTERWARDS. We were expecting it to be betrayal by mentor when we had the rug pulled out from under us YET AGAIN. (He’s got his own secrets, too.) Neku’s reeling, too. There are so many revelations in such a short time frame. And we’re ALL feeling betrayed. That sketchy first impression was right! And if anything, the situation’s EVEN WORSE than we thought when it was just murder.

But Joshua is willing to let this come down to one last game. Winner gets to be the Composer. Neku knows the stakes - If Joshua wins, he’s “already decided” what he’ll do. So here’s a gun. Joshua will count down to ten. And on zero, they shoot. He’s already taken Neku’s entry fee. He’s given Neku every reason to do it. He counts down. Neku cries and raises his gun, while Joshua’s stays trained on Neku’s the whole time.

And then Neku drops his gun. Joshua shoots anyway. The last thing Neku sees are Joshua and Hanekoma smiling down at him.

And then he wakes up in the street again, with no idea what the hell just happened. He turns to the sky and screams “What the HELL?!” and we all feel that with him.

We’ve been preparing a betrayal from the start, but the reality is SO MUCH MORE CONFUSING and hurts SO MUCH MORE.

Iconic Homoerotic Betrayal: Revival Match

Polls Directory

[lullabyforyouu]

i think people Really overestimate joshua's "cool, unflappable, composed (ha), non human, above-it-all" demeanor when they portray him because to be honest with you hes gotta be the least cool most flappable least composed most human FAKE above-it-all dude ever. he wants to be above it all so bad. he wants to badly to not be just a guy but he is. hes just a guy and he really thought becoming god would make him not just a guy and then he became god and still had like depression and was just lonelier but now with updated excuses (such as the oh-so-very wide gap between him and other people, which he already believed was there in life, but now even more believed in death, when he is not truly so different) to justify himself in his fresh new coat of misery, until some catboy startlingly similar to himself got character development in front of his eyes and it knocked some sense into him. (a fellow teenage dirtbag™, exactly like himself, learning to reach out and be happier, even reaching out to joshua himself, putting him as a person and a friend before shibuya when no one else had done so. suddenly he had no excuses to continue as he was.) and like. he gets pissed off. not in a godly, scary, intimidating Wrath way, but in a very normal, petty and human way. not scary at all, like when he wanted to go somewhere and neku wanted to go somewhere else and he was all, hm.... I suppose. fine. (crossed arms sprite). he makes little jokes, the ratty mc ratterson line. the spicy tuna roll line. Oh Well I Just Hate Negative People, Don't You?. he is not stoic. he has his fake, above it all sense of finding everything "amusing" which I 100% see as part of his facade, but at his most honest moments he laughs at the small, genuinely funny things. he is also not impossible to read, or impossible to upset. in several instances when talking about his backstory he falls into a visibly Different and cold state. he does the same when he offhandedly mentions that regardless of the brutality, his life in the UG (which, is referring to far more then we and neku know at the time of this line) "beats staying in the RG." He also uses that sprite upon seeing Sota and Nao erased, and becomes serious in the next few moments. He has ISSUES. He emotes. a LOT. so much that I really don't get at all why everyone seems to think hes just like, perpetual unending indifference. like....... respect to everyones interpretations but hes a thinly veiled fireball of a little dude. not only smug but like, typical youthful mischeif. he wanted to be what everyone thinks he is and he just isn't. hes not that divine concept of judgement. he's just joshua okay?

[shinidamachu]

I need some Inuyasha as a great father (more like DILF, amirite?) headcanons, can you help me out?

I'm here to serve!

• It isn’t until they’re happily married for at least one or two years that the possibility of children are brought up.

• At first, they took that time to relearn each other, enjoy their company and make the honeymoon phase last a little long. They did spend three years apart, after all. There’s so much time to make up for, so many catching up to do before they’d even think to throw a kid into the mix. Plus, being a modern woman, Kagome would know how to avoid pregnancy the best her new circumstances allowed and how important that time alone is for a newly-married couple.

• They never actually had the child talk because Kagome just assumed that’s where their relationship would naturally lead to, given her motherly tendencies and Inuyasha’s history of ultimately giving her everything she wants. For his part, Inuyasha knew she wanted to be a mother someday and he'd be lying if he said he never indulged the fantasy of fathering her children. However, he has serious trouble wrapping his mind around the idea that, in reality, Kagome would still be up for it if he were to be the father. He could never dare to ask of her more than she has already given him. Be that as it may, it was not a big deal because it was not a dealbreaker. Nothing was.

• But with time, Kagome would have noticed how good Inuyasha is with Hisui and the Mirsan twins. How his relationship with Shippo had developed from a sibling banter to a makeshift paternal relationship. How people like Shiori and Bunza would look up to him like he was some kind of movie hero. How every kid in the village seemed to adore him despite his grumpy demeanor.

• And Inuyasha would have noticed the way Kagome would look at him whenever he so much as interacted with a child, the way her smell would spike significantly.

• She, of course, was the one to make the first move, jumping him one night, after they had spend the whole day stuck with babysitting the Mirsan children and popping the question.

• Inuyasha was relutant. There was a part of him that was adamant on making her happy and even believed having babies would make him happy too. On the other hand, he was terrified. Terrified of how her body would react to childbirth, of if her spiritual powers would accept his demonic energy. But mostly, about what would happen once the baby was born. The last thing he wanted was for Kagome to go through everything his mother had to go through. Or for another kid to face the same prejudice he did. Besides, he grew up with no father figure whose steps he could follow. He didn’t know how to be a father.

• Kagome assures him that they won’t have a baby until they’re both ready and on the same page, that they have time and that Inuyasha will be a great father.

• Inuyasha believes her.

• Then it is him felling some type of way whenever he sees Kagome around kids. And something deep inside desperately wishes to find out what would their children look like, what would it be like to hold and take care of someone born from their love.

• Finally, he caves.

• Inuyasha wants a big family, considering how lonely his childhood was. Kagome finds it pivotal for their first-born to have a sibling, since she had Sota and their relationship was one of the most important things in her life. That’s why they’d have two children minimum, preferably a boy and a girl. However, giving how dangerous and uncomfortable childbirth can be, especially without the perks the modern era provides, I don’t think they’d have more than three.

• Naturally, Inuyasha relies on Miroku for advice and the latter is more helpful than not. Except for the times Inuyasha asks or says something that makes it way too easy for Miroku to mess with him. Like the time he told Inuyasha that if he doesn’t get Kagome whatever food she craves while pregnant, the baby will be born looking exactly like that food. And Inuyasha believed him.

• And if you thought Inuyasha was protective of Kagome before... oh boy! He’d be almost overbearing, but Kagome would see it as endearing. Most of the time. Sometimes, though, a woman has got to have her privacy. He also becomes more attentive, more gentle, sweeter.

• After their first child is born, Inuyasha gets a makeover of sorts. He’s always borrowing the Fire Rat to Kagome and the baby anyway, so he figured it’d be more practical to just pass the clothes on to them already and get something new for himself.

• It’s white.

• Inuyasha becomes taller, stronger. And often lets Kagome experiment with his hair with braids, top nots... and ponytails.

• Old Myoga is the first one to notice the resemblance. And it’s true. He’s the spitting image of Toga. Former enemies and allies often mistaken him for Toga and Kagome thinks the look on their (and Inuyasha’s) face is hilarious.

• Sesshoumaru does not care for it (I stole this one from @heavenin--hell).

• Inuyasha hates his human nights even more because now his vulnerability also means he might not be able to protect his family as he usually would (Together Changed by @goshinote and @lostinfantasyworlds inspired this one). Plus, the black hair and lack of dog ears confuses the baby, who cries and fusses for a good while until realizing it is, in fact, Inuyasha holding them (this one I saw in an adorable fanart I can’t find).

• But since he needs way less sleeping than humans and he spends the New Moons up anyway, Inuyasha gets a lot of quality time with their infant at night, which allows Kagome to actually get a good night sleep unless the baby is hungry.

• The Beads of Subjugation get dooled and chewed on. A lot.

• A little contest takes place between Kagome and Inuyasha about what the first word of their first child would be, with Kagome going for “dada” and Inuyasha going for “mama.”

• Kagome wins.

• Inuyasha’s fighting style changes. He still says some snarky remarks, but now it’s more to push his opponent‘s buttons down so they would get sloppy than anything else. After all, he has a child to think about and provide for now. He doesn’t have the luxury of gambling with his life anymore. He has a home to come back to and therefore won’t be taking any chances (credit to @born-for-eachother for this one).

• And so he becomes more lethal on the battle field. Pragmatic. Objective. Calculating. Decisive. Cold blooded. Much like... Sesshomaru.

• He had never been more offended on his life than the day Sango pointed this out to him.

• When the kids grow up a bit, Inuyasha and Kagome start to tell them bedtime stories, with the PG version of the story about how the met and defeated Naraku being their favorite.

• Kagome tries to be a reliable and calm narrator while Inuyasha exaggerates the events and the voices, almost always breaking objects of their house in the process.

• After hearing one too many times about the Beads of Subjugation, their child tries to “sit” Inuyasha. Of course it doesn’t work, but he still makes a big deal out of throwing himself on the ground every time they say the word just to hear them laugh.

• The first actual toy Inuyasha buys them is a ball, just like the one he had as a kid, at the same time accomplishing a childhood wish through them and ensuring that they would always have someone to play with.

• Kagome is more protective of their physical state while Inuyasha is more protective of their emotional one (see Fist Fight by @omgitscharlie)

• Inuyasha goes to Totosai and asks him to make a weapon out of one of his fangs to each of their children once they get old enough for it. Not necessarily a sword, just something of their choice and that better fits their personality.

• He would be a just father, doing his best to show no favoritism, treat his children equally and make sure no one felt overlooked or unloved.

• But truth be told, if one of their babies turn out to be a daughter, he would definitelly let her get away with almost anything, no matter how much of a gremlin she is. Daddy’s little girl would have him wrapped around her tiny fingers.

• Life never treated Inuyasha kindly. From a very young age, it was kill or be killed. It wouldn't be too far off for him to think the exact same thing could happen with his kids, therefore he tries to prepare them, to tough them up so they can take it.

• And I believe this sentiment would be significantly amplified with a son, because it would involve the whole “suck it up”, “men don’t cry” and “man of the house” aspect of it. The “it is your duty to protect your mother and sister when I’m gone” too, especially because he couldn’t protect Izayoi himself.

• It’s “tough love”, but it’s love nonetheless. And in the right dose, which I believe Inuyasha manages to nail, it can be very important for one’s development and growth.

• But it’s hard to imagine him being as tough with a daughter. Probably because he sees so much of Kagome on her that the mere idea of seeing her cry simply breaks him.

• Kagome would actually have to step in when it comes to disciplining and saying “no”, because he simply wouldn’t have it in him to do so.

There’s actually a really nice post by @keichanz I reblogged a while ago discussing precisely that, but I can’t find it to save my life (should I start to properly tag my reblogs? No, it’s a lot of work and I’m right not to).

Anyway, that’s all I got for now.

Peace out.

[a-moment-an-eternity]

Yashahime season 2 episode 4 ( ep 28) thoughts and opinions:

Summery:

Hiya! Really good episode this week! So let's get into everything real quick!

Rating: 8/10

Dislikes:

The retcon...I've already posted about into but ploping Moroha in the scene with Sota and Towa was terrible. They could've done pretty much anything else, in flashback form, to make her see the picture...and it would have been better

Moroha seeing her parents. SHOCK GASP! 😲 I know lol.!!-It's not that she saw them that's bad. But the animation, stills, and dialog in this scene just wasn't good. No feeling at all to it...I was not moved or impressed..

Towa straight up admiting she only cares about Setsuna...again... while she has said this before in ... Less obnoxious ways. and I'm not just talking about not caring about Moroha because honestly...I dont know that she does....I dont thibk she hates her. But Moroha is very much just a travel companion to towa. A friend, but not anything close to family...It actually seems like Setsuna cares more for Moroha than Towa Imo. It's just the vibe I get though. So Moroha aside,what about her whole other family...her other sister that she cared so much for? She just forgot about them apparently lol...Even the barrier was like "stfu Towa, you should care about this world" 🤣

Did you know that Rin is 18? Kuz the shows not sure you heard🤣

Likes:

This episode gave us alot to consider...and was well paced and interesting the entire time.

Moroha being a rare being with both democrats and spiritual energy is actually both mentioned and utilized.

Setsuna calling back to movie 3 with her response to being asked if they have anything to protect.

Setsuna actually having an emotional response to seeing her mother and knowing she's in danger. It was a nice change of pace to see a character act appropriately to a situation and in character . While playing the violin in that moment was...a lot ...it still worked.

Moroha being extra interested in Rion's animal ears, similarly to Kagome with Inuyasha.

Any flashback with Toga alive is great(usually lol) seeing bits of his personality is nice too. Something we couldn't get in Inuyasha because of its focus. Yashahime is a "sequel", but also feels lie a prequel in areas as well.

I think I'll like Rion, at least I do so far.

We finally get to learn how Osamu Kirin ended up in the modern era and why Kirinmaru can see what Kirin sees. (Kuz he's the same as Riku.)

I'm very interested in what we got hinted at during the end. I thibk I like where it's going. Which is why I have this here...in likes lol

Conclusion:

I really enjoyed this episode. Certainly the best so far , but still has some issues. It seems like the team behind this season is working hard to make changes in areas last season failed at. Such as pacing...and apparently changing whole scenes with that retcon lol. But I can't fault them for trying to improve. If I have time this week I may come on here and post more about specific moments in this episode, kuz there's alot to talk about!

But , otherwise...See you next week!♡

💜🤗💙🤗❤

[smilingperformer]

Discussing the good and bad of Pokémon Journeys: Part “Chloe”

Time to discuss about the character that is still keeping me on board with watching Pokémon (2019)/Journeys despite having, cough, some issues with it. Let's talk about Chloe, also known as Koharu.

TLDR; I like how Koharu is handled so far, even if I somewhat wish there was more of her, and I believe I know what the intention with her is, and that is to show that the journey to finding your dream goal can be an exciting one and with possible obstacles on the way towards it. More under the cut, Journeys abverted as JN.

So. Let's start with how I became to like her character the moment JN002 aired, but also how her debut in JN001 has become interesting part of how Koharu used to love Pokémon, but then grew out of it. Which to me, reminds of people who grew with playing Pokémon games, cards, etc, but then as they got older, they grew out of it.

Anyway, as we all probably remember, both Gou and Koharu attended the Okido Camp as kids, where BOTH of the eventually meet Mew. From the very beginning, we're let known that Koharu is a daughter of a promising Professor Sakuragi, who's acquainted with Okido.

And we're also let known that the two are friends from before the camp, and I assume their games at Sakuragi's Lab involved playing as Pokémon or other stuff. She most definitely loved Pokémon and her dad's work back then.

But then when we fastforward to the present day as Satoshi, Gou and Koharu are all 10 years old, we see that this attitude has changed in Koharu. She's no longer interested in Pokémon that much, and the only Pokémon she accepts near her is their family 'mon Wanpachi. For me, this was very interesting approach, even if the "not interested in Pokémon" was done before with May/Haruka back in Advanced Generation series.

Even with this interesting approach, she was a side/supporting cast instead of main cast, which honestly felt weird to me as she definitely had a story to tell. But as I've been watching other shows lately, I kinda came to realise her approach reminds me of mid-season additions to cast, even thou her appearances nowdays are just a BIT more frequent, when before her joining the Research Fellows, she appear very seldomly.

Anyway. In JN011 we finally learn that, she pretty much has issues with people's expectations and how everyone assumes her to be very much involved with Pokémon just because of her dad's work. Truly, this would end up affecting her affection towards Pokémon, thou it's possibly not the whole reason for losing interest. She even admits here she's not sure of what she truly wants to do yet.

It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of goal finding journeys, as they are very relatable to me as someone who took 20+ years to find out what I truly want to do for living, so Koharu wanting to find something instead of other people deciding it for her is very good lesson.

So what exactly is the approach with Koharu from this ep forward? Showing her see Pokémon in different, totally new lights, figuratively speaking. She's shown to take care of a Pidove who broke its wing in a runaway flight, helped her lil brother Sota's friend, Nami, attend to a small children's Contest, and went to a Fossil Exhibition with Satoshi and Gou to learn about fossils. And I feel like that, this fossil exhibition event is what truly rekindled Koharu's interest in Pokémon again. As we all remember, she truly enjoyed that trip, and she, for the first time, got to see Gou bond with a Pokémon, that was rampaging just moments ago. And this episode, accompanied with JN050, are why I am currently thinking Koharu's end goal will end up being related to fossils. It certainy would be an interesting approach for a female cast character, and I wouldn't mind her having a chat with some other character who's also involved in researching fossils... (cough Gary/Shigeru cough)

Anyway. All of this seemingly lead up to Koharu finally meeting her very apparent soul mate: Eevee. I know, that most people were somewhat (or even totally) annoyed by the fact that yet another pokegirl receives Eevee as their Pokémon, and that this is just boring. While I understand the sentiment, considering Koharu's character: Eevee is the only Pokémon that actually fits her. Koharu is out there still figuring out what she wants to be. What she wants to do. And Eevee is the most relatable Pokémon for that kind of character: Eevee can become eight, and I repeat, eight, different evolutions. That's pretty much the same as having different paths to choose from when deciding your goal. And this specific Eevee has also not yet decided what it wants to do. It refuses to evolve. While in-game one could say this is because of the g-max factor, I highly believe this is purely done for the purpose of making Koharu and Eevee relate on a very, very personal level. So instead of Eevee having the g-max factor disabling the evolution (because let's face it, it's only done so people won't accidentally evolve their Gigantamax Eevee), Eevee is kind of, constantly pressing the B button to prevent it.

Now: what has Eevee exactly given to Koharu's character? A lot actually. When before Koharu would try to deny interest in something or try to say she has something else to do instead of a trip, Eevee is there to push her forward to try things out.

Like in JN050, Koharu is trying to priotize her School instead of a Fossil trip to Galar, but thanks to Eevee, who wants to go, Koharu gets the needed push to go and try out new stuff. I very much adored this scene in this episode, due to encouraging the "try out new things" approach in life. From this point forward, we then see Koharu join in on other trips like the Diglett Farm (where she definitely shined in team leading and got to experience the farming and team leader approach) and the Glimwood Tangle trip, that Koharu herself prompted to her dad and the boys, instead of being asked to join. Which reminds me of something else btw.

While Gou is shown to be very knowledged with Pokémon, Koharu is shown to know more about other fields like how plants grows, and what kind of soil is good. This is from either school lessons or from her experience with taking care of the school flowers. She could possibly be considered a good student, and btw, I very much like the approach of not making her a school dropout once she started joining in on research trips, and instead takes homework to accomodate the fact that she's missing out on lessons. This isn't unusual in real life, so I'm glad JN is actually showcasing this approach with both Koharu and Gou. Thou with Gou, he's pretty much always absent, haha.

Now, her latest episode with Kikuna was an interesting one. While Koharu's main point in the episode was kind of to be the angel of love for Kikuna (which failed horribly, love you Kikuna <333 ), I'd say there was another reason for her being in that episode with Kikuna: it was to let her learn of the possibility of meeting possible pitfalls in one's dream goals. That lesson was in Kikuna's story about how she almost gave up in becoming a researcher due to a mess up with an important presentation for a conference, but found the strenght to try again. It's part of reaching your dream goal a lot of the time. Even Koharu's mom, Yoshino/Talia, gave her the story of how she originally wanted to be a mangaka, but gave up on the dream and instead approached something similar. These are all very important life lessons in how working toward one's goal can either fail, or come accoss obstacles. It depends on the person whether they'll end up switching the goal to something else, or strive to go forward to get past the obstacle. As someone who had exactly Koharu's mom's experience longside having to take a long while to find one, I appreciate that Koharu's journey has been about learning the good and bad experiences of working towards a dream goal.

Now: has this storyline been executed well? Imo, it has, but it ain't perfect, as there are some parts where I'd like to see some improvement on.

One of them is with how it's sometimes unclear as what kind of character she is counted as. Is the a main character alongside Gou and Satoshi now? Is the still supporting cast? Is she a lower tier main character that won't appear every episode still? The latest option would appear to be the case, but it's not often that simple to see.

There's also the case of Wanpachi seeming like it was teased to be eventually becoming Koharu's first partner, but instead it ended up being Eevee. I think for most, before JN049 aired, people assumed Wanpachi didn't belong to anyone exactly and thus was free reign. But, as JN049 confirmed, Wanpachi belonged to Sakuragi himself. Which is sorta funny, as Wanpachi clearly loves him the least, haha. So, what exactly do they intend with Wanpachi? I think, that in time it'll eventually switch owners to Koharu, as it clearly loves her the most, but the journey there is still on-going.

Now, here's something interest to think about: I think Koharu not being in every episode has actually been benefitial for her, as she never gives me the feeling that she's taking anyone's time for herself, and her involvements in stories fit quite well. My current favourites for her are definitely her team leading in Diglett episode, which is JN052, and the Galarian Ponyta episode (JN055) where she clearly showcased that she's able to handle herself in sticky situations. Which is quite a beautiful detail, at least to me.

Now to quiiickly note her dynamics quickly, let's talk a bit about how she is a big sister. Like, for real. She's got a baby brother in Sota/Parker, and the two do seem to have good relationship going on. However, I really want to see more of this! There's way too little of it going on right now, and it's mostly been typical siblinghood. I'm so glad there's still full on family aspects in JN, which is what I loved in Sun & Moon so so so much, but I want to see more. MORE! MORE-

I already talked about how I enjoy her dynamics with Gou and how their childhood friendship is showcased so well, and yet I still grave to see more. The two know each other well, and Gou always, ALWAYS respects Koharu, while Koharu ain't afraid to tell what's on her mind to Gou. Thou, she also knows that Gou would judge her if she were to ask about Pokémon bonding tips. Dyamn.

Now: I want more of Koharu and Satoshi. The two def seemed to have a bit of a "uugh who are you don't talk to me" approach, but it naturally faded as they went on their first trip to Nibi City's Fossil Exhibition. And they've been in good relations since I'd say.

Also to quickly note, I love how Koharu has been mentioned in couple scenes as being the character who's taught them first-aid or told about jealousy and how one should take Pokémon's feeling into consideration (even if this latter one should be obvious to Satoshi but, I digress, Satoshi was way too focused on Riolu and just assumed Pikachu would be fine since they've been buds since forever).

There's also so much more I still want to learn about: how exactly did she meet Gou and why she decided to be friends with him, does she have other friends besides him (because I would assume so but she's never shown with anyone else), give us an episode that's focused on Koharu & Sota, let her see Satoshi battle as well (afaik, she has NOT), let her meet Alola Squad + other past companions, and oooh there's so much I want her to do and I see so, so much potential in her character and I really really REALLY hope the writers don't screw her up.

Now is that all I wanted to talk about regarding Koharu... I guess so. As you might have figured out by now: I almost have no issues with how Koharu is written. She's enjoyable to watch and, suprisingly, I find the pace of her story-telling pleasant and not too fast nor way too slow. Could it do well with a bit faster pace? Possibly, but due to me seeing her as sort of a mid-season addition akin to how Precure or Digimon do them, I'm fine with this approach. Considering the current pace, I think she'll end up finding what she wants to end up working towards to by the end of this year, or early next year. And, despite how many might fear, I highly doubt it will be Contests. As it's pretty clear JN isn't out there to promote mainline games feature-to-feature, but instead cherry picks stuff it wants to do. I'm still quite certain, that she'll end up becoming a professor of her own fields, possibly of fossils (which, considering DP's Underground feature, could fit very well in promoting this feature of the remakes). Maybe even become a team leader of a fossil researching team, as she definitely showcases the skills for it, for knowing soil, fossil digging and again, team leading. And I totally didn't figure this out while writing this post. :'D (I totally did.)

So. I believe I'll end this post here, as this is already quite long by now and, honestly, there's not much left to talk about. It really feels good for me to talk so positively about a character in JN, as it's no secret that I ain't the biggest fan of the show. However, Koharu's approach speaks to me personally, very well, and I so, so look forward to seeing how her journey ends up going, and where it will lead her.

So who's up next on the list of discussions? I think you guys can guess it.

And it's gonna be a doozy one. Oh man oh man.

Thank you so much for reading if you came this far, have a fantastic evening/morning/whatever, and take good care of yourselves!

This was Smiling Performer aka Aleira, signing out! PEACE!

[the-himawari]

A3! Seasonal Event Translation - Ride on a Galaxy Train (1/11)

*Please read disclaimer on blog; default name set as Izumi

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Tsumugi: (We’ll go through the classical literature workbook first today and…) Huh? That person over there is...

Misumi: Hmmm, which one would be good~.

Tsumugi: What are you looking at, Misumi-kun?

Misumi: Ah, Tsumugi! There was a part-time job recruitment flyer stuck here, so I was looking at it~!

Tsumugi: Are you going to start a new part-time job?

Misumi: Yep! Because I have something I wanna buy!

Tsumugi: Oh, I see. Ah, I’d like to talk some more, but I have to get going since I have my private tutoring job now. Alright then, see you later. I hope you find a nice part-time job.

Misumi: Thanks! Good luck at your job too, Tsumugi. Take care.

Tsumugi: Fufu, I’ll be off.

Misumi: Let’s see, this job here is taking applications~… Theatre troupe members welcome…? Hum, hum! I’ll choose this~!

-pause-

Tsumugi: Pardon my intrusion.

Student: Come in, teacher Tsumugi!

Tsumugi: Good evening, Sota-kun. Are your exam studies going well?

Sota: I’m doing my best, but it’s still tough being in a constant state of studying all the time.

Tsumugi: I see. You have to take breaks once in a while too.

Sota: I got my textbook, notebook, and my workbook… Ok, I’m ready to go.

Tsumugi: Alright, shall we start?

-pause-

Tsumugi: Yes, correct again.

Sota: Yay!

Tsumugi: How about we take a break now?

Sota: Sure!

Tsumugi: Have you been able to ride any trains lately?

Sota: I visit the station sometimes to look at the bullet train. Look here, this is a photo I took the other day.

Tsumugi: Wow, it’s taken really well.

Sota: Right? This one also came out well. And then there’s also this one…

Tsumugi: Fufu, you really love trains, huh, Sota-kun?

Sota: Hehe, yeah! How about you, teacher Tsumugi? Do you like trains?

Tsumugi: Truthfully, I didn’t really pay attention to them until now… But thanks to you showing me your photos, Sota-kun, I’ve been looking at trains with a lot more interest these days. Speaking of which, I think my childhood friend has some interest in trains though.

Sota: Teach’s childhood friend?

Tsumugi: Yes. A long time ago, I rode a sleeper train with that friend and his family, and he looked really excited back then. He likes machines, so he might have felt they were similar.

Sota: Oh, really? Sleeper trains are great, right? I haven’t been able to ride one since I started studying for my exams, but I’d sure love to ride one soon. Also, maybe teach’s friend and I could talk together!

Tsumugi: Ahaha, maybe you could, huh? Alright now, we’ll end our break here… Let’s work hard for one more hour.

Sota: Okaaay.

-pause-

Misumi: Hey, hey, listen up, Director-san, Sakyo~. I applied for a part-time job the other day!

Izumi: Oh, really?

Sakyo: Are you going to start a new job?

Misumi: Yeah!

*door swings open*

Manager: B-b-big news!

Izumi: Wahh, that surprised me! What’s wrong?

Manager: There’s a call for Director from a railway company...!

Izumi: A railway company?

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[ichika27]

My thoughts on Yashahime

I’ll make an actual post about Yashahime after the series is over and maybe a bit more (like my thoughts on SessRin as a whole) but for now I’ll be rambling about something I couldn’t stop thinking about since last night.

So... Sesshoumaru’s a dad now, huh? I mean, I knew since they announced the sequel series but it didn’t hit me that yeah, this really is happening until I saw the latest episode (ep. 15) and seeing him with his kids. Like, I watched Inuyasha as a kid and never really imagined that there’d be a time where the word “dad” or “father” would be used to describe him. The guy is stoic and almost emotionless so to think he’d become a dad or would get married at all was a surprising and strange thought. But he’s gone a long way from being the antagonist character he was introduced as at the beginning of the main series and now he has a family and I just... can you imagine all the slice-of-life shenanigans?

I’ll put the rest of my ramblings under the cut to save space...

Sesshoumaru is a serious person who has trouble showing emotions or even admitting he cares about people. Episode 15 shows him seeing Rin after she gives birth and then seeing his kids for the first time and there’s no change in his facial expression although we know as the audience there’s something underneath that. Rin knows and trust him and Jaken does, too of course. Sadly he was not able to watch his kids grow closely especially Towa who was forcibly time-travelled to the future and grew up on a different family. The twins don’t remember him and Rin at all either.

Like, imagine how awkward it would be after all the life-threatening stuff and them trying to be a family again. The kids are teenagers now, too and have their own personalities so it might be extra awkward. Towa probably would have to deal with meeting her biological parents and having them not be the Higurashis and the personalities are different, too (esp. her dad). Setsuna has to deal with having a family period and her memories of Towa would probably return at the end, too but still she had her demon slaying upbringing and always being in battle mode and such.

Anyways, imagine Setsuna being with her mom. She already feels kind of weird whenever her sister that she doesn’t remember shows affection now she has a mom who would probably do the same lol.

And Sesshoumaru is serious and such but his daughter Towa is kind and affectionate. I couldn’t stop thinking about this scenario: Sesshoumaru noticing Towa is using a broken sword all this time and one day comes back to give her a new one and Jaken would explain that his Lord Sesshoumaru had it made specifically for Towa. I can just imagine Towa being happy cause “Wow new sword for me?” and then saying thank you to her dad and hugging him and Sesshoumaru not knowing what the heck he should do and just... staring. Rin and Jaken would watch happily of course as they know he’s not unfeeling and-

And and and Setsuna being like Sesshoumaru (well, almost) would act tsun but she probably would wanna do family stuff, too.

And I want to see the twins interact with Jaken! He would be so overprotective of them while Sesshoumaru isn’t around. He’d be pissed if anyone even looks down on them and Towa would ask him to stop cause that’s totally not it and Setsuna would just sigh. Towa would be so nice and polite and would actually talk to Jaken nicely (the guy needs more appreciation!). He would totally tell the twins about their parents and how amazing their dad is hahaha.

I ship Setsuna with Hisui, by the way. The two have been working together for years and clearly Hisui cares a lot for Setsuna (every time there’s a fight he seem to be watching out for Setsuna a lot). I wish they’d show flashbacks of how the two became close as coworkers/friends at least. Anyways, imagine Jaken seeing the two close and has suspicions but doesn’t trust Hisui enough (even if he is Kohaku’s nephew as he doesn’t know the boy well yet).

Also, I was kinda disappointed at episode 14, I think, with the whole Towa’s smartphone thing as Setsuna didn’t know what it was and stuff. I mean, they showed Towa’s phone works it’s basic properties only without internet (someone pointed out that they could’ve been charging it with the bike like they showed in one of the uh, I have no idea what it’s called. Scene shows up every end of OP). The camera works, too and I was hoping Towa would take a picture of the three of them. I know it’s no big deal but she probably also has photos of her adoptive family on that. Just imagine her taking that photo and every time she opens it she could see photos of her family and once Rin and Sesshoumaru are with them she’ll have a family photo taken and another one with her aunt and uncle and cousin Moroha. I mean, it’s cute... I think it’s cute!

The later the twins could accompany their dad on whatever adventure he gets to and when they get home Rin is there to welcome them all back. Or just Sesshoumaru coming back home and he now has a wife and two kids waiting for him and that wasn’t a thing before and maybe even Towa would try having bonding moments with her entire family.

Also, Inuyasha and Kagome are trapped at the grave of Inu-no-Taishou so the new trio would probably go there, too. Imagine them seeing their grandpa’s grave. Someone on twitter made a joke about how Moroha might want to sell her grandpa’s corpse and I know she probably has a line she wouldn’t cross but it would be funny if the twins look at Moroha suspiciously with Moroha being outraged that they even thought she would do something like that.

Oh and the twins meeting their grandmother! I’m sure as heck Sesshoumaru’s mother wouldn’t be surprised he had hanyou kids. She totally saw it coming after Sesshoumaru saved Rin from death a second time. I wonder if they’ll get along? With the way Sesshoumaru’s mother talks and the twins personalities it makes me wonder how conversations would go.

Of course I still want Kagome to be able to visit her family and properly introducing Moroha this time around. I just want family bonding about them! And Moroha showing her great-grandpa that she kept the kappa’s foot all this time and really does appreciate it and how it helped her in battle.

Of course, Seshoumaru and Rin meeting the Higurashis - Sota, Moe, and Mei. Towa introducing her two families to each other! Mei would be happy to see her two big sisters again and Rin would be talking to Moe and thanking her for raising Towa and there’s Sota who probably would be talking to Sesshoumaru about Towa and how she grew up and Sesshoumaru would act aloof and all but he’s totally listening and is proud of his kid. That said Kohaku would also tell Lord Sesshoumaru about how amazing Setsuna is as a demon slayer.

I know the above is unlikely but still... just imagine! That’d be sooo nice! After all the crap they went through they’d just be happy together.

Also I just imagine the reunion after the trouble in the series with Rin getting her kids back and Sesshoumaru watching over them not saying anything and Jaken is crying tears of joy saying how his Lord Sesshoumaru is happy that his family is together again and Moroha looking at her uncle and is like “He is?” cause the guy isn’t smiling at all on the outside lol.

I couldn’t sleep last night just thinking about these. I know it’s probably OOC for many of them but just let me have my fun hahaha.

I’ll make another Yashahime post sooner or later cause I’m enjoying the series so far. I’m excited for the next episodes! And holy crap I didn’t realize how long this would be!

If you read my ramblings this far, thank you! I do hope it wasn’t that bad of a way to kill time haha.

[hanmajoerin]

GUYS IT SAYS “THEIR.” IT SAYS “THEIR!”

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I’m not 100% sure if this was translated incorrectly, but I hope it isn’t. I’m still reeling about Moroha being on her own from a young age. I know Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha are anime protagonists and that there’s gotta be some element of tragedy to them but come on—does Sunrise even know the cast of InuYasha at all?

Like the rest of you, I have been thinking very hard about all of the information we have been given. There’s just so much exposition that’s missing and we all have a mighty need to get our hands on it. I don’t know how I’m going to survive waiting until the Fall for this shit. After reflecting on ✨ everything✨, my fingers are crossed that just like Setsuna, Moroha’s memories have been altered. That being established, buckle up kids because this is my TED talk on What the Fuck Might Be Going On in The InuYasha Sequel™.

I noticed that of the three protagonists, Towa’s bio has the most specific information. We know that she was raised by Sota, we know why she traveled to the future, and we are even given the name for her current middle school. Towa’s memories are in tact so naturally, she gets the most specifics. Meanwhile, Setsuna and Moroha have bios that are a bit more vague. We still learn about their behaviors but we don’t really know the way were raised. Okay, I lied, Moroha says she grew up alone but there is zero mention of why or how this happened. InuYasha and Kagome know way too many demons, half-demons, and humans for Moroha to not be taken in and cared for if the two passed away. Also, for Setsuna’s bio it says that she joined Kohaku’s demon slaying service, not that he raised her. In the instance that InuYasha and friends kicked the bucket and Kohaku was the only one to survive, why would he take in Setsuna and not Moroha? Anyway, if those two girls’ memories have been toyed with, wouldn’t it make sense for them to stay away from super specifics in their bios?

The plot that Viz released didn’t go into detail about why Moroha and Setsuna find the tunnel that leads to the future in the first place. Both of the girls work with slaying demons so maybe the “butterfly of dreams” was their target on a joint mission. The fight could easily become a “shit hits the ceiling fan” kind of fight, too. If that were the case, maybe Setsuna and Moroha felt threatened and decided that the best plan was to run away and think of a better method to kick demon butt. While running, the butterfly could alter both of their memories and the same tunnel that Towa used to get to the future could make its triumphant return. Not knowing it will lead to the Modern Age, Moroha and Setsuna ducked inside and hoped for the best.

I wish I knew the exact degree that Setsuna’s memory was wiped because if she just forgets like everything about her life (Moroha included) there’s no way for her to make any comments about the Inu-crew being alive or dead. Also, if Setsuna forgets who Moroha is, Moroha can tell instantly that something isn’t right. After meeting Towa, it’s double confirmed that Setsuna needs her memories back. If Sota is able to ask Moroha about Kagome, admitting that she doesn’t remember much about her mother or her father isn’t something that he, Towa, or Setsuna can refute. Since Setsuna is the one who displays the altered memories the most, she becomes the reason for the girls’ mission.

As far as what is actually happening with InuYasha and Kagome, they could have been under the impression that their daughter was out with Setsuna slaying a demon for a hot minute. Life would be normal until that hot minute became a too hot minute. They could have traveled to Kohaku to see if he knows where Moroha is and he would have to admit that the girls never returned. It’s possible that InuYasha and Kagome could start their own journey to find the girls. I feel like it would be heartbreaking to witness the paternal anxiety but if InuYasha and Kagome kept almost finding them, InuYasha’s frustration would be hilarious. Or maybe they wouldn’t start up a journey because Hanyo no Yashahime isn’t their story. Maybe they spend a lot of time begging the gods that Moroha and Setsuna are safe and that they’re strong enough to return to them. In either case, at least InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo would be alive and well and not trapped fighting somewhere for like a fucking decade.

[officialinuyasha]

Yashahime Trailer Analysis - Full Breakdown + Theories

Video -

https://youtu.be/ebFV15yPO6U

The Yashahime - Princess Half-Demon Official Trailer came out August 7th Japan Time like Kaoru Wada had teased for us on the Otakon Livestream. Here we will read off of what was posted on the VIZ Media Official Website "The anime’s been announced, but now you can sink your canines into some more juicy tidbits about the show. The anime stars Towa and Setsuna, the twin daughters of Sesshomaru who get separated in a forest fire. Towa ends up in modern times and is raised by Sota Higurashi, Kagome’s little brother. Ten years later, they are reunited, but Setsuna is a demon slayer with no memories of her sister. Joined by Moroha, Inuyasha and Kagome’s daughter, they set off on an adventure to regain their missing past." https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/yashahime-princess-half-demon-arrives-in-october You guys will be able to watch Yashahime on VIZ Media's Website and AnimeLab.com when it's released.

First Impressions - @officialkagome​ : “I can tell the Rumiko has a lot of influence in the writing because key points and moments are conveyed just as they were in the Final Act. I believe it's going to be condensed like in the Final Act, but maybe only at first. Focusing on the girls but still including that bonus chapter. I definitely appreciate the animation, it's very aesthetically pleasing.”

Yes, the animation is being directed by the same person who did The Final Act, Sachiya. They also were the same person that did the Adult SessRin artwork that sold it on a calender. Which I actually own. I'm glad for them to return and do the animation. As it makes sense in the continuity. The animation in fact looks even improved further than what we had since the Final Act! Definitely one of my favorite animation directors next to Kumiko.

As I mentioned in my previous video, I talked about the extra chapter "Since Then" that took place after The Final Act. It was made because of the Tsunami that happened in Japan many years ago. A long time ago, I also wrote a post saying if we continued to show our support for the official streams on VIZ Media's website and still showed interest in the series that they would make this into an episode. Back in 2018 Anime Boston it was hinted about the staff wanting to have Rumiko allowed them to make more anime if we continued to show interest. When we got ahold of the scans for the AniMage and AniMedia magazine scans we could confirm that they have been talking about a sequel since the ending of The Final Act.

In the InuYasha Special Chapter 559 "Since Then" Kagome was living in the feudal era with InuYasha for six months. We have a half year time skip. Life in the Feudal Era so far had been peaceful. InuYasha and Miroku were tracking minor youkai that was released from a seal by a landslide, and discover that the demon actually was originally sealed away by Kikyou shortly before she met InuYasha. So we can say over atleast 53 years ago. The youkai is called Ne no Kubi or Root Head in the official VIZ Media subtitles for the trailer - and it was seeking the Shikon no Tama, not realizing it is already destroyed due to being sealed away for so long. Ne no Kubi attacks Kagome, because she clearly looks like Kikyou, but she wounds its head with a sacred arrow and InuYasha kills it with Tessaiga. During it Sesshoumaru appears to protect the village because Rin is there. We can see shots during the trailer that all take place here from this chapter.

For all those Westerners out their that use the term "canon", yes Yashahime is in Fact "canon" to the original timeline continuity. Rumiko Takahashi has been confirmed to have written the foundation story for Yashahime, and has been working closely over the scripts with Sumisawa. It is officially licensed and in no where near being a fanfiction. Remember, canon was a term that was invented by Westeners because of Christianity. Regardless, this sequel is happening. I have so much to talk about this new trailer that it feels like even after I'm done with this video, more ideas are still going to keep popping up in my head.

Towa is seen fighting another school student. She's known for her martial arts. She kicks this guy in the head. She says "You know, you should take my advice and let me go." Talking about her possible abduction. "Things won't be so hot when my friends get here." I think she's talking to the man in the Feudal Era from the first trailer. That's when Moroha and Setsuna break into save Towa. Then it's talking about Root Head from Chapter 559. However says "Root Head was a demon slain by InuYasha and his friends." I don't know if she's talking after it was slain. But Root Head was in fact originally sealed by Kikyou before she met InuYasha. A possible change or retcon from the Manga considering Rumiko's involvement in this. Sesshoumaru is then saying the same lines that he says from the manga "Root head... A worthless piece of vermin. Except..." If we reference the manga he's actually supposed to say Except, and then "It's too persistent."

Root Head gained the powers of the Tree of Ages (Goshinboku). This is the same Goshiboku that InuYasha was sealed on, seeing the arrow mark. If we slow down this footage you can tell that Roothead is growing in the roots of the Goshinboku. It created a passage from the Feudal Era to present day. Sucked through that passage, Towa was torn from her twin sister, Setsuna, and thrown into the present day.

But I think that is talking about AFTER Root head was slain again from it reawakening after the landslide. My guess is that IF everything does continue on the manga like normal from Chapter 559. But during the time it was reawakened it had already made a portal through a tree tunnel like it describes as in Towa's translated description that a fire happens, and everyone scatters. Even during the livestream from Otakon Kaoru Wada mentioned the fire. Towa goes to escape from the fire and finds that specific portal that sends her to the modern era. Unless they want to push the time skip further than 6 months allowing them time to have the kids. Towa is in Reiwa period, that means it's either 2019 or further making it overall a 20 year time skip since chapter 559. I expect that they have kids in a six year time skip that would make sense since they are all 14. The Tree tunnel is described in Towa's description, that means that we pretty much have a second Well. Considering the well was already made from the same type of wood as the Goshinboku was as it was talked about in the first movie. Now imagine if we had three different eras or even that certain events had changed because of this.

Here we see an Adult Souta and 4 year old Towa when he found her in the Modern Era. They're talking in front of the Sacred Tree. Towa's robe pattern is clearly based on Sesshoumaru's belt.

It looks like Souta wanted to pat Towa on the head, but Towa was scared - Then we see Towa brushing her teeth and Souta's daughter. Who looks strikingly similiar to Hitomi. I hope he married her.

Ten years have passed since the Higurashi family took Towa in. It shows Towa talking to Souta's Daughter in front of the tree. In the next shot, she's wiping the blade from her sword. In the narration Towa says "Don't worry! I can handle this." It shows Towa looking up from the original Trailer, where she's abducted. Wearing that patterned robe and the hint of the Lily flowers in the background. She says "Your big sister's pretty strong!" I think she's talking to Souta's daughter as if referencing herself. She picks up her History book and winks. Now it shows Setsuna and Moroha fighting by a waterfall. This is definitely reminding me of some InuYasha VS Sesshoumaru scenes from the past. "My name is Setsuna. I have nothing more to tell you..." "And the reason you die here." Setsuna's eye glows similar to InuYasha's when they found out he had the black pearl inside his right eye that lead to the Inu no Taishou's grave. Everyone has been trying to figure out if there is a special thing showing in her eye. I'm not so sure but I gave it a try as well. I looked at a few pictures of the gravesite and this one seemed to be the best one.

Though I am skeptical of this. Hosenki's son explained it would take roughly 100 years for him to master the process of making one. When InuYasha had returned to his father's grave for the second time, the pearl was somehow able to give him visions of his troubled past as a way to warn him that he wasn't supposed to be there a second time. Now if we think about it, remember how Setsuna has problems with her memories? Maybe in this moment it is a black pearl, and it's showing her flashbacks helping her remember or perhaps she was given an imperfect black pearl that is causing her memory loss.

Moroha is seen sitting down picking her ear. "With this rouge, I become Beniyasha, Destroyer of Lands!" Moroha has her bow, a good nod to her mother Kagome. "Tremble before the bloodthirstydawn!" Now the rouge doesn't always have to mean lipstick, it depends on the context on which it's taken. The rouge could also mean red, the red clothing that she's wearing. If she is going to be wearing lipstick, it would be cool if they somehow were able to magically bring back the lipstick that was once Izayoi's that was given to Kikyou. I know it was destroyed, but you never know. I like the idea of her having InuYasha and Kagome's locket too from the second movie. In the past I always had the idea of their child having that locket. Maybe she's heard about InuYasha as a story or legend, and is calling him "Beniyasha". So she's pretending to be him in a way, along with the bow on her head representing ears like him.

It shows Towa in the modern era, fighting some guys. She's wearing something on trapped onto her back. Could it be her sword, or something else? My wife mentioned that in Japan, open carry of swords is legal.  So I went to double check.

Yes, this is definitely got to be her sword and that she is wearing a sword bag. It has yellow tassels.

I also noticed that there is a symbol at the bottom of her sword bag. It looks like it could be a pinwheel or the Kagome symbol. There are two different versions of the Kagome symbol. 6 pointed and 8 pointed.

"A new wind blows into the Feudal Era." We can see the Dragon symbol on Moroha's sword even more closely. The Dragon is wrapped around an arrow. During the Otakon Live stream Kaoru Wada stated that all three of the girls are the half-demon princesses. Meaning that Moroha would still be called a half-demon regardless of having less demon blood percentage especially during that era. "The Half Demon Princesses are here!"  Moroha is fighting a Mistress Centipede. Is this the same Mistress Centipede from the beginning of InuYasha, that corpse was already in the well? If we remember, Sango has fought Centipede demons before but they weren't a Mistress Centipede. She would be killed for the third time. The Mistress Centipede shown in the trailer has three eyes, while the original one has two.

It shows Hisui, Sango and Miroku's son in his demon slayer armor while riding Kirara. Throwing Hiraikotsu! One thing that stood out to me was the prayer beads around his left arm.

I don't think he has Wind Tunnel but it seems to be a reference to his father Miroku. Considering Miroku has given Kagome prayer beads to wear before. Maybe even Hisui has spiritual powers as well. It also appears that he has Sango's sword as well!

Kohaku, all grown up and he's exactly how I imagined him. It seems like he has a scar on his nose. Maybe it's from wearing his demon slayer mask or from getting cut in a battle. He has the weapon he gets from Toutousai in the last episode of the Final Act. Moroha and Setsuna are battling. Could this be the same waterfall that Kikyou bathed at?

Moroha and Setsuna running off, Towa watching them. A guy knocked out in the background, Spider Lily pattern on the backwall, and a knocked out guy next to where the wall was bashed in. Just like how it was in the first trailer we were shown on the Otakon Live Stream.

Finally, Moroha is using her bow and yes she indeed has priestess spiritual powers like Kagome does! It looks like she's still fighting Mistress Centipede as you can see in the background. The attack is called "Heavenly Arrow Barrage". Similar name to InuYasha's Adamant Barrage.

It shows Setsuna using her Naginata. The Naginata is the weapon that can control wind as stated in her profile when her colors were announced! Much like InuYasha's Bakuryuha, or Kouga's Cyclone. It also reminds me of Sesshoumaru when he was fighting InuYasha inside the Black Pearl at the Inu No Taishou's Grave.

Feudal Fairytale - Yashahime Princess Half-Demon Towa takes out her sword and charges while saying "Setsuna! I'll save you!" Yashahime - Coming this October. October 3rd 2020

When we look at the image that came with the announcement. A few things caught my eye, Kagome and Rin are not seen in the picture. Sesshoumaru and InuYasha are both by the Sacred Tree. Speculating that maybe they're trapped in another dimension, or between times since Root Head was able to take the Goshinboku's power. I wonder if something like this happens, could this give Kagome the ability to not age? I'm still for my theory that she shouldn't age because she wasn't born yet, the same way her items were unaffected by Kaguya in the second movie when she froze time. People think InuYasha is holding something, no that is his forelocks and the shading on the tree. No, there is no secret image in Towa's blue sword attack. But hey we get a better look at Hisui's prayer beads on his arm.

There is a new character, everyone speculates to be Shippou and unsure of the character's gender. Looking at the HD picture.

The character has green eyes, dark red hair and purple eyeshadow. It sort of reminds me of Shippou or Ayame's possible child with Kouga. I would have said it was Takechiyo in a human form since Raccoons and Foxes are known to shape shift. But Takechiyo has blue eyes. It's not Jinenji, has blue eyes - Though I think it could be a new character. Could be boy or girl. Determining their gender is something I'm on the fence about atleast by the physical sight of it. Their body seems flat and rugged with torn sleeves, but wearing makeup. There's alot of males who wear makeup in InuYasha. Their attire also seems to be the kind that is most commonly worn by males. But Towa also is another character that dresses male. This character clearly has a weapon. More than likely a sword. Something that's interesting about this picture is that Towa's sword is shaped like Tessaiga in the picture when she's doing her special attack. It zig zags upward like a staircase into the sky - as if representing time passed. You notice it when you realize the other characters are actually not standing on something.

Seems like we are all looking forward to October 3rd for the airing of Yashahime.  If you want to see more posts about Official InuYasha News, Artworks, Merchandise, my own personal views and analysis on the series - Be sure to subscribe.

[itsuki-minamy]

“OTSUKAI CAKE”

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Translation: Naru-kun Raws: Ridia

"I'm home! Cake!"

Neko entered the room with a paper bag from a pastry shop on her head.

"Uh, so good that you came back safely. It was hard work."

Kuro stopped cooking and faced Neko.

He was a little worried about letting this girl take over the assignment, but apparently everything went well. He thinks it's something to try and quit.

"Then, I'll pick up the receipt and change it before I forget it. It's a matter of time until the final report."

Then Neko bowed her head and,

"Receipt?"

"I think I got it at accounting time. I got so much paperwork."

Neko bends her neck almost at a right angle,

"Accounting?"

"Huh, you by no means stole it from the store. Plus, it's packed properly, right? Well, if you look closely, it's in a bag with a cake box. So where's the receipt?"

"I see, it's creepy..."

"With this paper, the change... they should have returned a small amount of money, what happened?"

"What do not you understand?"

Neko stretched out her chest and looked at Kuro's face.

"As you told me, I gave the money to the store staff and got the cake. Better the cake than getting the money."

"Well, yes... that kind of understanding. The change is... no, it's fine for today. I'll explain later."

"If you're satisfied, eat the cake. And Shiro?"

"He hasn't returned from shopping yet... and the cake is for after dinner. Put it away."

At that moment, the sound of the front door opening was heard, followed by Isana Yashiro's voice.

"I'm home! I bought a cake."

"What?"

A few minutes later, Kuro was confused in front of the two paper boxes in the chabudai.

An orthodox strawberry cake and a large cake that can be cut and eaten by about eight people.

There are two whole cakes for Kuro's birthday celebration.

Neko told him to "find the right one", so it was to be expected that he would buy something bigger than necessary. Well, he thought it would be nice to eat it two or three times.

He has doubled.

"A cake of this size... I wouldn't buy it without thinking."

He's not going to blame the boy at all, but because of his personality, he worries when things show unexpected changes, so he ended up asking the other person.

"You must have been in charge of 'ingredients (other than cake)'."

"No, I sorry."

The boy scratched his head.

"In the unlikely event that Neko drops money on the way or drops the cake on the way home, Kuro will be disappointed... If you think, just in case..."

"Why don't you trust this girl more?"

That said, Kuro himself was worried about that kind of thing, so he couldn't help but understand his feelings. But the problem is...

"Did you think about the possibility that there could be two cakes?"

"Well if that happens, big cakes will line up in this chabudai."

"They are lined up right now."

"It feels like a big party and I thought it was wonderful."

"It's wonderful! Let's eat!"

"What is the party? I wonder if three people will eat this amount of cake."

"That's why."

The boy spread both hands in front of his chest.

"Let's call the classmates and share the celebration."

"Ah? Hm, I see."

When he thought about it and laughed, he suddenly took an attitude like opening his chest. He wasn't used to this breathing yet, but Isana Yashiro's proposal was a blind spot for Kuro and it was also convincing.

"If it's Yukizome, you could call her. It's a sudden story, but why don't you call her?"

The front door bell rang as Kuro took out the PDA.

When he opened the door, Kukuri Yukizome, who he was just talking about, was in the bedroom hallway. Behind them are classmates Sumika Inaba and Sota Mishina.

"Kuro-kun, today is your birthday, right? Congratulations!"

"Hey, Mishina. The gift."

"Ah!"

At Inaba's urging, Mishina gave him a paper bag from a pastry shop.

"I did it big so everyone could eat a lot!"

She has increased the number of cakes.

And…

"Ah, did you already have a cake? I should have confirmed it correctly."

In front of the three full cakes, Yukizome shows her forehead.

"I received the consideration. Thank you all."

As he bowed deeply, Kuro pondered again.

(I would like my hometown teacher Ichigen Miwa to eat this cake, but this kind of raw food will not be accepted by courier. After that, would I like to take it with my own hands and go home?)

There the bell rang again.

What appeared at the front door...

"Hey, how are you, Kuro?"

"Ichigen-sama? And…"

Kuroh Yatogami's teacher, Ichigen Miwa, and behind him, a tall person.

"Hello, Kuro-chan."

"Mishakuji Yukari?!"

When Kuro unwittingly stood up, Yukari smiled with a slight bow and a sharp smile.

"What are you planning to do? With such a wide stance."

"Neither of you guys should fight, because today is Kuro's celebration."

Miwa said that softly.

"Uh... please tell this boy that."

Yukari lifted the paper bag that he was holding and winked at him.

"I bought a cake, Kuro-chan."

(Cake! Another cake?)

When he coughed into his heart, his consciousness quickly woke up.

(Oh, is this a dream?)

A dry winter breeze hit his cheeks.

After the "Gakuenjima Incident", Kuro and Neko began a journey to find clues about the missing master, Isana Yashiro. First, they visited the grave of Miwa Ichigen in Kuro's hometown and the residents, where they spent the end of the year parties at Kuro's house and returned to Tokyo at the beginning of the new year to the present.

It happened that the cold weather was not so strong for the last few days, Kuro and Neko, who are used to the outdoor life, were camping in a corner of the park.

(If I dream like that, I may be starting to get tired. I'll have to establish a base around here soon.)

The room that was the setting for his dream was a room in the Ashinaka High School student dormitory. It exploded during the incident and now they can't get in, but... he woke up for a few days, and it seems like it was unexpectedly big for him.

Also, the people who came out in the dreams, "classmates" from Ashinaka High School, brother and nemesis Mishakuji Yukari, the late teacher Miwa Ichigen, and right now "Silver King" Isana Yashiro. Those people for whom he felt affection are not in front of them now.

Only one remains.

"Hmm..."

A piece of blanket fluttered next to Kuro, she rubbed her eyes and Neko lifted half her body.

"Rice?"

"No, I haven't cooked food yet. Well, it's my birthday today. Do you want to eat cake?"

"Cake!"

A few hours later.

"You, this is..."

Kuro was completely disappointed in front of two large paper boxes placed on a park bench. Neko who jumped up and said, "Let me buy the cake!", came back with two whole cakes.

"Because... it seemed like I could buy two with a lot of money..."

"I wish I had one for each person..."

"Maybe tomorrow is my birthday...!"

When Kuro raised his face, Neko took a step back.

"Oh... are you angry?"

There was no money to spend on this. He thought about how much they both eat. Even if he left it, there was no place to keep it. Are they going to walk around with a cake that they are about to eat?

He wondered if he could give her two lectures, but... surprisingly, he only escaped a bitter smile from his mouth.

"So... what I saw this morning was a dream."

As he kept Neko waiting and made tea with simple camping gear, Kuro coughed.

"Fufu... Today is a great party."

After that, the heartburn feast lasted for two days, but he felt the area around his shoulders have become lighter.

His wandering journey will continue for a time.